Shoehorn



H. E PECK. S HORN.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 24, 1921.

1,424,030, Patented July 25; 1922..

INVENTOR $75; ATTO NEY I E. T

HARRY E. PEGK, or wAvminY, mwyoss;

" SHOEHORN. i

Specification of Letters meat.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, IIARRY E. PEoK, a citizen of the United States,residing at Waverly, in the county of Tioga, State of New York, haveinvented a new and useful Shoehorn; and I do hereby declare thefollowing to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention,such as will enable others skilled in the art'to which it appen tains tomake and use the same,

The invention relates to compound tools and has for its object toprovide a combined button hook and shoe horn, said shoe horn beingformed from a plurality of flexible elongated members pivoted togetherat one of their ends, and also to a handle member, thereby allowing thefree ends of the flexible members to be spread fan wise for insertion ina shoe and forcing the heel of the foot therein.

A further object is to provide a shoe horn comprising a handle memberhaving pivoted to one end thereof a plurality of flexible members, whichmembers may be spread fan wise, thereby allowing the use of the deviceas a shoe horn, and at the same time allowing the various parts to befolded together into a compact package for storage puroses.

With the above and other objects in view the invention resides in thecombination and arrangement of parts as hereinafter set forth, shown inthe drawings, described and claimed, it being understood that changes inthe precise embodiment of the invention may be made within the scope ofwhat is claimed without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the device showing the same in foldedcondition.

Figure 2 is an edge view of the device showing the same in foldedcondition.

Figure 8 is a side elevation of the device showing the handle member andthe flexible members in extended positions and in position for the freeends of flexible members to be spread fan wise for forming the shoehorn.

Figure 4: is a side elevation of the device showing the flexible membersextended and spread fan wise for forming the shoe horn.

Referrin to the drawings, the numeral 1 designates he handle member ofthe device,

one end of which handle member is provided with a button hook 2, whichbutton hook when the device is extended as shown in Figure 2 may beused. Pivotally connected to the end 3 of the handle member 1 as at l isa plurality of elongated flexible members 5, which members arepreferably of the same width and thickness and are adapted to be-movedinto registration with each other thereby allowing the handle member 1to be moved into registration with the flexible member for forming thedevice into a compact package for storage purposes, such for instance asstorage in the pocket where it can be readily obtained for immediateuse.

When the device is used as a shoe horn the flexible members 5 are spreadfan wise so that they may be received in the heel of the shoe forguiding the heel of the foot into position within the shoe. By formingthe member 5 of flexible material it will be seen that when the same isbeing used as a shoe horn that said members will conform to thecurvature of the heel thereby facilitating the downward guiding of theheel into the shoe.

From the above it will be seen that a combination button hook and shoehorn is provided which is simple in construction and so constructed thatit may be easily and quickly extended for use as a shoe horn. used asshoe buttoner and when not in use folded into a compact package forstorage purposes.

The invention having been set forth what is claimed as new and useful isz 1. A shoe horn comprising ahandle member, a plurality of transverselyand longitudinally flexible fingers pivotally connected to one end ofthe handle member and I Patented July 25, 1922.

Application filed June 24, 1921. Serial No. 480,046.

at one end thereof, a plurality of transversely and longitudinallyflexible fingers plvotally connected to the other end of said Intestimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscrlbing wltnesses.

I e ,7 HARRY E. PECK. Witnesses:

JAMES STURnooK, JULIUS I. LANGELAND.

